Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

5:40 PM,
Aug. 19, 2013

Written by

Rodney Sessions

During the 1940s, George Orwell wrote two works of fiction that were considered allegories pertaining to the events happening in the Soviet Union since the revolution that occurred there in the early 1900s.

The ironic and tragic thing, to me at least, is that the messages found in both books now apply to events happening not in the Soviet Union, which no longer exists, but rather are happening today in America.

The first book written in 1945 was titled, "Animal Farm." In the story a farmer is very abusive to his farm animals. The animals revolt and take over the farm and run the farmer off. All is ...